RC Tayal appointed new chief of NSG
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer RC Tayal has been appointed as the new chief of the elite counter-terror force National Security Guard (NSG). The 1980-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre officer is at present serving as the Special Director General in paramilitary CRPF and is heading its formation in Jammu and Kashmir. He is expected to serve as NSG DG till August next year when he is scheduled for superannuation. The post fell vacant after incumbent chief J N Choudhury retired on May 31.
SC bench recuses from hearing Swamy’s plea
New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RK Agrawal on Monday recused itself from hearing the plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against the order of an Assam trial court issuing a non-bailable warrant against him for failing to appear before it in a case of alleged hate speech. The bench, also comprising Justice Amitava Roy, referred the matter to another bench for hearing on June 22.”
Over 40,000 cases pending in CIC
New Delhi: Over 40,000 complaints and appeals are pending in the Central Information Commission (CIC) which is working without its chief for more than nine months. A total of 40,051 cases —comprising 32,531 appeals and 7,520 complaints filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act — are pending in the Commission as on Monday, as per CIC official data. Of these, 15,736 appeals and complaints are pending before the Chief Information Commissioner’s bench.
Ex-UP Min’s plea: SC Judge recuses from hearing
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice RK Agrawal on Monday recused from hearing the bail plea of former UP Cabinet Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha who is in jail since March 3, 2012 in the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam case. Justice Agrawal, who was heading the vacation bench that comprised Justice Amitava Roy also, recused himself from hearing the plea of the jailed politician but did not assign any reasons in court.